Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, Leica could re-design the rangefinder to include a dioptric correcting lens. I suspect it would enlarge the top of the camera even more making it seem more like the size of the M5 rather than the popular size of the M6. Richard > > From: Darrell Jennings <darrell_jennings@yahoo.com> > Date: 2002/06/01 Sat PM 04:09:10 EDT > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Diopter > > Richard, couldn't you simply add a diopter mechanism > in the back of the viewfinder that adds in the > correction needed without having to redesign the whole > rangefinder mechanism? I have a viewfinder for > another camera that does this. The downside of this is > it would add cost to the whole camera for a subset of > customers that need it. > --- rclompus@cox.net wrote: > > Lee, > > > > the .58, .72 permits you to select the angle of view > > you want through the viewfinder. It has nothing to > > do with how clearly you'll see through that > > viewfinder. Fortunately, most types of blur > > (refractive error) can be well corrected with > > glasses, contact lenses or surgery. It would take a > > complete redesign of the already complex rangefinder > > optic to include a dioptric corrective lens. > > Historically, the rangefinder for the Leica has been > > complex from the start but reliable and accurate as > > well. > > > > Richard > > > > Richard Clompus, OD > > Roanoke, VA > > > > > > From: Lee <leeh0@yahoo.com> > > > Date: 2002/05/31 Fri AM 02:19:50 EDT > > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > Subject: [Leica] Diopter > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Anybody knows why leica can't have a built-in > > diopter? > > > Instead, they come out with these .58, .72, etc.? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Lee > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > > > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html